Tobacco-lath holder



Ag. 1l, 1925.

H. TOBIAS TOBACCO LATH HOLDER Filed Aug. 9. 1924 'Parana-.a Aug. 1,1,1925.

UNITED HENRY Tomas, or VIROQUA, wIsooNsrN.

Application led August 9, 1,924. Serial No. 731,182.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that HENRY ToBIAs, a citizen of the United States, residingat Viroqua, in the county of Vernon and State of Wis- 5 consin, hasinvented certain new and useful improvements in Tobacco-Lath Holders, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved tobacco lath holder and theprincipal object thereof is to provide a holder in which the lath may bereadily inserted or removed, and in which there are no positivefastening or securing means, the sole holding means being of a frctionalcharacter. l

A further object is the provision of a holder having means forangular-ly and Vertically adjusting the holder on the supporting bar ofthe spear horse.

With these and other objects in view, my invention consists in the novelfeatures of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as willbe hereinafter referred to and more particularly pointed .out in thespecification and claims.

Referring to the drawing wherein for the purpose of illustration isshown the preferred embodiment of my inventionf- Figure 1 is a side planview of the lath holder mounted on a supporting bar;

Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof;

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view on the line 3 3 of Figure 1;and

Figure 4 is a vertical sectional View' on the line 4-4 of Figure 1.

With particular reference to the drawing by numerals of reference, 2designates a bar which is known in the art as a part of a. spear horseand is adapted for the purpose of supporting the device which forms theVbasis for the present invention.

The lath holder comprises a metal casting or stamping including a baseplate 4 which is rh-omboidal in plan, the sides of which describe aparallelogram. The device as a whole is supported upon the bar 2 throughthe medium of a bolt 5 passing through one corner of the plate 4 and abolt 6' passing through an arcuate slot 8 in the diagonally oppositecorner, this latter construction being designed to permit angularadjustment of the plate upon the bar 2 with the bolt 5 as an axis. Whenproperly adjusted, nuts on the bolts 5 and 6 are turned down to maintainthe bar and plate relatively fixed.

The plate 4 is formed on the outer side with a housing 9 extending at anoblique angle to the horizontal, said housing being either cast orstruck down from one` plane of the body of the plate 4 in the process ofproduction. The housing is generally oblong in plan and includes a topwall 10, side walls 11 and an end wall 12, the opposite end being leftopen as at 22 to provide for the entrance of a tobacco lath 14.

The top wall 10 is provided with a central longitudinal slot 16 andadjacent each end, a plurality of transverse webs or bridges 18 and 19respectively, said webs being outwardly offset from the plane of thewall 10. Supported and confined at one end upon one end of the top wall10, by means of a rivet 20, is a steel leaf spring 21, thelongitudinally intermediate portion of which is bowed inwardly as at 24,while the free end 25 lies between the bridges or webs 18 and a similartransverse web- 26 extending across the longitudinal slot 16 in theplane of the top wall 10.

In practice, the bar 2 of the spear horse is I usually maintained at aninclination as shown in Figure 1, and the sides of the plate 4 paralleltherewith. In this position, the housing is maintained substantiallyhori- Zontal, although being capable of being swung upwardly ordownwardly on the bolt 5 to vary the angular position of the lath withrespect to the horizontal. As the use of such a device as hereindescribed is well known in the art, it is necessary only to state thatthe lath 14 is inserted in the housing 9 through the opening 22, andfrictionally held by the leaf spring 21, while at the same time, thelath may be readily removed. During insertion or removal of the lathwith respect to the housing, the spring is free tomove at itsunrestrained end between the webs 18 and 26.

From the foregoing description of the construction of my improveddevice, it will be seen that I have provided a simple, inexpensive andeliioient means for carrying out thev objects of the invention, andwhile I have particularly described the elements best adapted to performthe functions set forth, it is obvious that various changes in form,proportion, and in the minor details of construction may be resorted to,without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the principlesof the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A device of theclass described, comprising a inetal base plate, rhomboidal inplan, araised lath receiving housingV l'ornied in one face of said base plate,a leaf .spring having a bowed portion extending Within andlongitudinally of said housing one `end of said spring beingunrestrained.

2. A device as described Comp-rising a plate, the sides of whichdescribe a ,parallelograni, a housing formed in one face thereof andextending at an angle ,tothe llongitudinal center of said plate, ,saidhousing havinga longitudinal slot in its front Wall,a ,leaf springdisposed Vin `said slotand lia-v.- ing a bowed ,portion extending.Within said housing, ineens for iixedly supporting .one lend rof saidspring, and ineans for freely supporting the otherxend of said spring.

v3. A device asdeserihed comprising abase plat-e `the sides of vwhichdescribe a parallelo-Y .gram, a housing extending laterally from oneface thereof, `said .housing including a top Wallside W-alls and oneendiwalland said housing having anopening at theother end, ,said top,Wa-ll being provided with a central Vlongitudinal slot, a'spring.disposed within guidingthe other end of said leaf spring;E

4. Ink-a vdevieeof,the character desori a metallic base plate having anelongated housing formed laterally of one face thereof, fastening,ineans atene corner ofsaid plate,

:an arcuate slot fo 1ined inthe Aololiquely opposite cor-ner ofsaidplate, said Vhousing being forined 4with a longitudinal centralslotin the top. Wall thereof, a leaf` spring `disposed withiii slot andshavinga bowed portion extending .Within said housing,

Ymeans forfrigidlyseouiting ,one end of said spring, and means`comprising aplural ity of `transverse `Websextending across the inner-`end of saidslot for supporting and grmlting the reeendiof said spring.

In testimony whereof d affix:v my signature,

HENRY EOBIAS

